sort of, kind of but not really

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Last fall I picked up a very large stack of wool at the church fair. I had thoughts of wool jumpers and tights with boots. Lots of them. I wanted a closet full of jumpers. Plaids, black, brown and grey. I would wear them everyday. Don't exactly know where I was going, but by golly, I would be in my jumper.Fast forward to Monday, March 10th. No jumpers hanging in my closet. Nope, not a single one. And then I saw this. (And this is where the internet makes me crazy). I stopped everything I was doing, (I guess I was probably reading blogs and doing laundry, maybe a little knitting) grabbed my pattern, the wool, pins and scissors, and became a person with a mission.I actually wore it to work today. Probably the only time I will ever wear it.You see, even though I took my time matching the top to the bottom, trying to line up the plaids, this still happened.Whoops! Thank goodness for slouchy cardigans and longish hair. It actually felt good to wear it once. I think I got the jumper craze out of my system. This plaid wool won't go to waste. I still want to make one of these.

oh leslie, i love it! you should wear it again. it is hard to get that dang zipper to line up, i have done that too many times. I know no one will ever notice. And the plaids not matching up, doesn't even matter. Really. You did a great job!

You are so petite, Leslie! I think I'd need four of those jumpers to cover me. LOL It is lovely - why only wear it once, though? Fun wear and great pictures of it. Mistake? Pish posh - wear it again!!!

...This is where I wish that I was a B cup instead of a DD cup and that my knees were even remotely attractive...

I veer toward the perfectionist end of the spectrum so I understand where you're coming from, but I gotta say, that's a damn cute jumper and you look damn fine in it. I doubt a soul would notice the slightly askew neckline. I know you wont listen to me (if I were you, *I* wouldn't listen to me) but that needed to be said...even if you're still going to cut your jumper up into small squares.

Looks very cute, and smart. Funny, a jumper in England is actually a sweater, so when you showed material and said you wanted to make a jumper I did a double take! We would call 'your' jumper a pinafore :-)

Good job! It's always the little things that bug us when we know we've made them, but wouldn't notice otherwise. I think it looks great. Which I could pull off that casual jumper-boot-look. You do it so well!

I love it. So much that I think the cardigan/hair fix is more than enough to make up for the zipper thing. I have some very similar wool to that that I was contemplating a jacket and a skirt with, but maybe the jumper bug just bit me...

But it really looks great! And you know I love that Slouchy Cardi! Seriously, no one but you will know that there's that little problem - the whole outfit is so well put together, and it looks great on you.

I have a gray and brown plaid jumper from H&M that I wear with tights and boots...and I have to make myself NOT wear it every single day! I don't know where my jumper craze came from, either. I hope you wear that outfit more than once 'cause I LUV it. :)

Life is full of grace moments and wearing this great outfit again could be one of them. Enjoy the feel & look & creativity of your outfit. Focusing on the minute problems that no one else will notice negates all the wonderful things you've put into it. You're wearing a creative dream come true. Enjoy. Flaunt it a little and enjoy a moment of grace.Yomamaknits

Aha! So now you know what it feels like to be me... Well, except skinnier and prettier, but still - that is exactly what the sweater I just made - whose name shall not be spoken! - looks like. Except in the front. Where there's no hair to cover it. Also it doesn't look half as cute as the jumper. OK. So you still don't know what it's like to be me, after all. That's probably a good thing.

You look like a model. :) So stylish in all of your handmade clothing. I would never have noticed that little boo boo. What I have noticed is a lot of store bought clothing these days looks sloppy in its finishing, and it's sad. I think your jumper/dress is much, much better than anything I have seen in stores these days.

I just made a dress for my daughter for a colonial Williamsburg project...the same thing happened with the zipper. I was so bummed but she said don't worry mom, it doesn't have to be perfect. Fortunately she has long hair to cover the back and I made adjustments with the waist and the apron covered it.

However, if you had not shown us the minor glitch, we never would have known...you look smashing walking out the door!

Pity not to wear it again. I bet nobody will notice anyway. I used to have the same problem with zippers, but I found a solution, first sew them with wrong sides of fabric and zipper facing outward, then fold back and sew another seam on the "right side", because the zipper is already fastened it does not "move" so easily, then finish the rest. Willemtje, a Dutch knitter

Well now that I have read the other comments I understand that when you say 'jumper' you are actually referring to the dress you are wearing. I got a bit confused as we also call that kind of dress a 'pinafore' and a 'jumper' is a sweater. In any case, it's dead cute and so are you! I think I have to do this for a winter work outfit for sure!!